The crop of homes we've featured from across America this year range from quaint cottages in Vermont to a luxurious villa with a private lagoon in Florida. US editor Dan Howarth has selected 10 of the best examples for our review of 2017. More about Dezeen's top 10 US houses of 2017
Dezeen has teamed up with Muji to offer two readers the chance to win a kettle, toaster and rice cooker, all designed by Naoto Fukasawa. More about Competition: win a bundle of minimal Muji home appliances
A gabled opening that references the forms of traditional hutong houses marks the entrance to this hotel in Beijing by architecture studio Penda. More about Penda creates house-shaped entrance for hotel in Beijing's XinXian Hutong
Thin layers of carbon fibre are cut to create the wood-like effects on these sunglasses, by industrial designer Rodrigo Caula. More about Rodrigo Caula designs carbon-fibre sunglasses with woodgrain patterns
MIT's Self-Assembly Lab has demonstrated its rapid liquid printing process at this year's Design Miami fair, using it to create products in front of visitors. More about MIT Self-Assembly Lab prints bags and lamps in minutes at Design Miami
Dezeen promotion: submissions are now open for newly established architecture and design studios to enter the New Practices New York 2018 Awards, presented by the city's American Institute of Architects chapter and Center for Architecture. More about AIANY calls for emerging architecture firms to enter New Practices New York awards
The future of the Santiago Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox church at New York's World Trade Center looks uncertain, as the archdiocese has failed to pay construction fees. More about Work halts on Calatrava's Greek Orthodox church at World Trade Center site
Featured in the latest Dezeen Mail is the eccentric interior of Doha's Mondrian hotel designed by Marcel Wanders and Pantone's colour of 2018, a vibrant purple titled Ultra Violet. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about This week's Dezeen Mail includes a bold hotel interior and Pantone's colour of the year
Canadian architect Jean Verville has shrunk the floor area within this compact black cabin, in a bid to create a more spacious atmosphere. More about Jean Verville overhauls A-frame cottage in the Quebec forest
We've put together a list of 15 gifts for architects and designers this Christmas, including geometric plant pots, minimalist speakers and parrot-shaped glassware. More about Christmas gift guide for architects and designers
Jonathan Tuckey Design has revealed plans to extend the former home of Walter Segal with an addition like an "overgrown ruin", while Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble has designed a shed for the garden. More about Extension to Walter Segal's modernist London home is modelled on ruins
For our review of 2017, architecture reporter India Block has selected the top 10 advances in technology that got us excited for the future this year, including a jet-propelled flying suit, revolutionary 3D printing technology and a non-invasive skin-cancer detector. More about Dezeen's top 10 technology advances of 2017
In this exclusive movie, Pan Yi-Cheng of Produce Workshop explains how his team used fabric-stitching techniques to create the plywood pavilion that was named World Interior of the Year last month. More about Produce Workshop used "tailoring tactics" to create plywood pavilion for Herman Miller
Designer Patricia Urquiola has overhauled Cassina's 1940s headquarters in Meda, northern Italy, to include a wall of plants and a cylindrical meeting space encased in metal panelling. More about Patricia Urquiola updates Cassina headquarters to commemorate brand's 90th anniversary
Dutch design studio OS & OOS has created a range of furniture based on the structure of a rack used to support wood cutting, with each piece made from aluminium pipes. More about OS & OOS creates sawhorse-inspired furniture using aluminium pipes
Tehran studio Zav Architects designed this boxy house in northern Iran as a series of enclosed living units surrounded by open-air platforms and social spaces with views across the rural landscape. More about Zav Architects designs Iranian house as a belvedere featuring open-air viewing platforms
A robot patrolling a street in San Francisco to ward off homeless people has been removed after complaints from locals, who also knocked it over and smeared it with feces. More about Security robot bullied and forced off the street in San Francisco
Working for Muji is like "spinning circus plates" according to Kenya Hara, who discusses the hugely popular Japanese retailer's aesthetic and approach to products in this exclusive interview. More about Muji is not just about minimalism and simplicity, says art director Kenya Hara
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have installed a modular sun shade and seating system made from steel and coloured glass in Miami Design District. More about Bouroullec brothers insert cloud-like canopy into Miami Design District
Melbourne interior design studio The Stella Collective has paired lush green foliage with stark white walls for this cafe in Brighton, UK, which is designed to feel like a jungle. More about Stella Collective "brings the outside in" for seaside cafe interior